Does money matter for schools?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1154-1164

  Holmlund, Helena ^a   McNally, Sandra ^a   Viarengo, Martina ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Resources

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FINANCE; PUBLIC SPENDING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78149497703     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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